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Entry	zavona
Part of speech	noun
Malagasy definition	Fitangoronam-bovo-drano matevina mitorajofo amin' ny maraina na ny hariva eny amin' ny habakabaka, akaikin' ny tany kokoa noho ny rahona, ka mazàna misafosafo eny an-tampon' ny tendrombohitra: Amin' ny sivy eo ho eo vao misava ny zavona. [Rajemisa 1985]
English definition	mist, fog [Hallanger 1973]
French definition	brouillard [Abinal 1888, Hallanger 1974]
	brume [Hallanger 1974]
Vocabulary	Meteorology
Derivations	anjavonana, fanjavona, fanjavonana, manjavona, mpanjavona, zavonjavona
Morphology	Simple Suffixed zavona zavoko zavonao zavony zavontsika zavonay zavonareo zavon' zavon- zavom- zavo- -javona -javoko -javonao -javony -javontsika -javonay -javonareo -javon' -javon- -javom- -javo-
Compound words, titles, names	afa-javona       misava ny zavona       tafasiry aman-javona       tongo-javona       tsy afa-javona       zavom-pisaka       zavontany
Examples	1 Zavona fotsy no isatrohany matetika. [Rajaonarivelo: Bina, page 25] 2 Efa levona tsy hita intsony ny zavona; [Rajohanesa: Kintana] 3 Ndrisy, toa rahona sy zavona mihelina tokoa mantsy ireny. [Rakotonandrasana: Tantsaha, page 53]
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word zavona
Toponymy	Place names having the word zavona (1): Ambohijavona

2016/09/10